Car-replacer.



P. D. MGGINLEY L G. LAYGOGK.

l CAR RBPLAGER,

APPLIMTIION FILED JUNE 16,1914V Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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FREDRICK D. MQGINLEY AND GIILBERT LAYCOCK, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

Application led June 16, 1914.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Fnnnnrcx D. MGGIN LEY and. GILBERT LAYCOCK, both of Syracuse, in the county of, Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a. full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relatesto certain improvements in car replacers by which a car may be automatically replaced upon the rails by its own Weight when propelled upon the replacer. i

The greatest difficulty is experienced in replacing the I'outer wheels of a derailed car owing to the fact that it is necessary to lift the adjacent sides of the truck sufficiently high to allow the flanges of the wheels to pass over and to the inside of the ball of the rail, while with the opposite wheels it is only necessary to bring the treadon a level with the ball of the adjacent rail and it, therefore, follows that if the device is capable of replacing Ythe outer wheels on the rail,

it must also be capable of replacing the in! ner Wheels, particularly when both are used simultaneously under opposite wheels.

One of the objects of our present invention is to constructrthe tilting platform in such lmanner that when the flange of the iSO wheel rides, upon it at the inner-side of the vertical plane of its axis of 1novc1nent,fsaid platform will'be instantly-tilted toward thtl rail-and will engage the outer edge of thil tread of the wheel during such tilting more ment, thereby not'only increasing its tilting to accelerate the transverse sliding move.- ment of the truck toward the rails, but will actually lift ythe wheel snlliciently high to cause the flange of the wheel to clear the inner edge of the ball of' the rail, the meinen tum of the car produced by the sudden tilt ingr ofthe platform to a short angle being suflicient to replaceI the trucks upon the rails,

Another object is to provide the replacer with a guide plate capable of being adjusted laterally to different angles relatively to the main supportingr frame and rails in aline ment with the wheels of a truck which may be displaced a greater' or less distance from the rails.

A further object is to construct the rcplacer in sections which are easily operable .and provided with interlocking connections Specification of Letters'atent.

Patented Dec. 8. 1914.

serial No. 845,342.

whereby they may be quickly removable or disconnected.

Other objects and uses relating to specific parts ofthe device will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car replacer embodying the various features of our invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional `view of the same device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional view of the car replacer shown as operatively connected to a rail and also yshowing a portion of the car wheel resting on the tilting platform, the dotted lines indicating the tilting position of the platform in shifting the car. l

This carA replacer comprises essentially a base or main supporting frame 1--, a vertically tilting section or platform -`2- and a horizontally swinging section `or'guide plate --3-, all of which parts are assembled one upon the other by detachable interlock ing connections to constitute a unitary structure.

The base section -1- preferably consists of a 'U-shaped frame of somewhat greater transverse width than the face width of an ordinary car wheel and is adapted to rest fiatwise upon the ends of the ties at the side of the rail corresponding to that at which the wheels are displaced with the ends of their opposite arms, as -'l, abutting against the web of the rail between the base flange and ball thereof as shown more clearly in lf'ig. 3, in which position it is held by means of a bar 5- having one end provided with a hook -G- engaged with the base flange of the rail as 7--aand its opposite end connected by a cable or chain *sie* to an adjusting screw Se" which passed through an aperture -9- in the lengthwise bar of the frame le* and is provided with a nut lO-nby which the connected device may be'tightened to hol the car replacer in fixed relation to the rail while replacing a displaced car.

The main supporting frameor base -1- is of snflicient length to receive the greater portion of a car wheel, as 1-, between the vided withv circular bearing faces --l3- for l receiving and supporting a tilting platform -2- which is movable between thearms and is provided with pendant end braces Ahaving concave faces -leresting upon the bearings `13-, thus per xnitting theplatform to tilt from its normal horizontal position toward.vthe rail --cwunder the weight of the car Ywheel -bwhich may be propelled upon the`v platform vin a manner presently described.

The platform hasa ilat upper face and is normally held in a horizontal A positionk against the lengthwise bar of the main sup-` allow thesurface of the platform to clear the head of thel rail when tilted by the weight of the car wheel thereon.

)'In Fig. 3, the car replacer is vshown as placed at the outside` of the track forv replac`- ing the adjacent car wheel on. the rail in order that the platformmay be automatically tilted by the weight of the car wheel thereon to automatically replace such wheel upon the rail, it is necessary to provide means for positioningA thecar wheel on the platform. so that the pre dominance of weight will be at the inner side of the axis of movement of the platform, and for this purpose, we have prrr vided the inclined plate 3 1with opposite guard rails -19- arranged to guide the car wheel when' propelled along the inclined plate onto the platfrom in such manv ner that the flange of the wheel will rest u on the platform at the inner side of the `p anel of its axis of movement which causes an instantaneous tilting of the platform toward the rail until'the upper surface thereof strikes the outeredge of the tread of the wheel, whereupon the car .truck will slide transversely of and upon the platform toward the rail, it heilig understood that the opposite wheel is mounted upon a similar car replacer to facilitate the replacement of the car. T he momentum imparted to the car by this initial tilting movement of the platform causes the platform to tilt to a still steeper angle, thereby causing such platform to crowd the car wheels still farther over and upon the rail until properly seated thereon, whereupon the retracting springs .-17- returnV the platform to its normal position` it from the hinged pin -20-.

'The main supporting frame '-lm aud inl tovend, by means of a pin or stud -20- and socket .-2l-, the hinged pin M940-- being mounted on a central bracket -22 on the adjacent end of the main supporting frame -1- while the socket w21 is .formed in the-adjacent end of the inclined plate and -upper face is inclined downwardly from the plane of the platform -2- so that the displaced car may bev readily propelled up the incline and onto the platform and autoinati cally replacedupon the rails as soon as the wheels ride upon said platform.

It is obvious from the foregoing description that if the opposite Wheel is caused to ride upon a smaller car-replacing platform although the predominance of weight at that side may be atvthe outside of the vertical plane of the axis of movement of that platform, the fact that the predominance of Weight on one of the wheels is at the inside of the vertical plane of the axis of the corresponding platform causes that platform to tilt and to transmit rocking motion to the other platform through'the medium of the connected car wheels.

VWhat we claim is:

l. A car replacer comprising a frame, means for connecting the frame to a rail, a tiltable platform on the frame, and a laterally swinging inclined plate leading to the platform for guiding a car Wheel onto said platform.

2. A car replacer comprising a frame, a

platform hinged to the frame and having a flat upper face forming a support for a car wheel, means for guiding acar wheel onto the platform so that its predominance of weight will engage the platform at one side of the vertical plane of its axis of movement be replaced.

A car replacer comprising a frame. having'abutments for engaging one side of'a rail, means for connecting the frame tothe rail, a tilting platform` mounted on. the frame for receiving a car wheel, andan inclined plate hinged to one end of the frame to swing horizontally for guiding the wheel tc the platform.

il. A car replacer comprising a frame, mea-ns for attaching the trame to a rail', a platform hinged to the frame to swing to The A lnearest the rail upon which the 'wheel is to. l

and from a horizontal position, and retract- In vitness whereof We have hereunto set ing sring for lthe platform. f our hands this 9th day of June, 1914.

5. car rep acer comprising a rame in e fixed position relatively to a rail, a plat 5 form hinged to the frame to swing to and from a horizontal polition, and an inclined Witnesses: plate hinged to one end of the frame for A. B. METGALFE,

guiding a. car Wheel onto the platform. GEO. KONRAD. 

